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Re: 6 months post-op and my muscle soreness has not gone away

Mike,

Have you stared physical therapy yet?

-Kay

- Kay

I was diagnosed with Scheuermann's Kyphosis at age 16. I had an 80-degree thoracolumbar kyphosis and mild scoliosis. My posterior fusion surgery was performed by Dr. Sethi in Seattle on Earth Day 2014. It reduced my kyphosis to 50 degrees and my scoliosis to about zero.

Re: 6 months post-op and my muscle soreness has not gone away

Originally Posted by KMaxwell

Mike,

Have you stared physical therapy yet?

-Kay

Yea i did physical therapy for 8 weeks but only 1 day a week. I'm already in the gym 4 days a week doing semi light weight training. So everything is good with that just the muscle cramps and tightness is almost unbearable.

Re: 6 months post-op and my muscle soreness has not gone away

I'm just over 4 months post op and when I got muscle cramps I was prescribed diazapam, as this is a muscle relaxer. I found this worked really well, I didn't take it all the time, just when the cramps kicked in.
might be worth a go for you?

Re: 6 months post-op and my muscle soreness has not gone away

Hey Mike,

It's been 2 years plus for me and I still get muscle spasms occasionally. A muscle relaxer is the only thing that works for me to ease it up.

As far as working out, I have found that going easy, but regularly on the upper back and shoulders has helped keep the spasms at bay for the most part. Also, staying fairly regular in building back some chest muscles, but also stretching them a bunch has made a big difference for me. Helps to keep the posture good with less effort from the back. And core, core, core! Hitting that core will alleviate so much strain on the back in the long run.

My doc told me that spasms are not uncommon and that he frequently prescribes valium to knock them back.

This is from my experience and we're all different, but I hope this helps.